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Personal Information Name Xinhua Fu Gender Male Position Title Associate professor College of Plant Science and Technology Working Department
Email [email protected] College of Plant Science and Technology Address Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
Tel 13667267584 Fax Research Interest
Biodiversity, behavior and conservation on fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
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Education & Working Experience
BS in Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai an, China, 1996 MS in Zoology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, 2000 Ph D in Zoology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, 2002 Assistant professor, Huazhong Agricultural University, 2005-2009 Guest researcher, Lab of Systematic Zoology, Department of Biological Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metorpolitan University, Japan, 2008-2009 Associate professor, Huazhong Agricultural University, from 2010 until now Publications
Fu X.H. An illustrated handbook of Chinese fireflies. 2014. The Commercial Press, 167 pps. (in Chinese).
Fu X.H., Ballantyne L. 2009. Larval respiration system and evolution in aquatic fireflies (Coleoptera:
Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Bioluminescence in Focus – A Collection of Illuminating Essayss. 243-253.
Editor: Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow. Research Signpost. Kerala, India(ISBN: 978-81-308-0357-9)
Fu X.H., Ohba Nobuyoshi, Fredric V. Vencl, Lei Chaoliang. 2005. Structure, behavior and the life cycle of an
aquatic firefly, Luciola substriata (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), in China. Canadian Entomologist. 137 :
83-90.(SCI)。
Fu X.H., Yuyong Wang, Ohba Noboyushi, Chaoliang lei. 2005. The swimming behavior of aquatic firefly
larvae, Luciola substriata (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Coleopterists Bulletin. 59 (4): 501-505.(SCI)。
Fu X.H., Lesley Ballantyne. 2006. Luciola Leii Sp. Nov., A New Species Of Aquatic Firefly From Mainland
China (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Canadian Entomologist. 138(3):339-347.(SCI)。
Fu X.H., Ohba Nobuyoshi, Ying Zhang, Chaoliang Lei. 2006. A Rearing Apparatus and Diet for the Aquatic
Firefly, Luciola leii (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Canadian Entomologist. 138(3):399-406.(SCI)。
Fu X.H., Ohba N, Meyer-Rochow VB, Wang YY, Lei CL. 2006. Reflex-bleeding in the firefly Pyrocoelia
pectoralis (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): Morphological basis and possible function. Coleopterist Bulletin.
60 (3): 207-215.(SCI)。
Fu X.H., Ohba Nobuyoshi, Fredric V. Vencl, Chaoliang Lei. 2006. Life cycle and behavior of aquatic firefly,
Luciola leii (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) from Mainland China. Canadian Entomologist. 138 (6): 860-870.
(SCI)。
Fu X. H, Fredric V. Vencl, Ohba Nobuyoshi, V. Benno Meyer-Rochow , Lei C. L., Zhang Z. N . 2007.
Structure and function of the eversible glands of the aquatic firefly Luciola leii (Coleoptera:
Lampyridae). Chemoecology. 17 (2): 117-124.(SCI)。
Fu X. H, Ballantyne L.2008. Taxonomy and behaviour of lucioline fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae:
Luciolinae) with redefinition and new species of Pygoluciola Wittmer from mainland China and review
of Luciola LaPorte. Zootaxa 1733: 1–44.(SCI)。
Fu X. H. 2008. The fine structure of larval light organ in the aquatic firefly Luciola leii. Luminescence, 23(2),
68.(SCI)
Fu X.H., Meyer-Rochow V. B., Tyler J., Suzuki H., De Cock R. 2009. Structure and function of the eversible
organs of several genera of larval firefly (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Chemoecology.19:155–168 (SCI)
Fu X.H,Ballantyne L., Lambkin C.L. 2010. Aquatica gen. nov. from mainland China with a description of
Aquatica Wuhana sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Zootaxa 2530: 1–18.(SCI)
Fu, X.H., and V. B. Meyer-Rochow. 2012. An investigation into the morphological and behavioral adaptations of the aquatic larvae of Aquatica leii (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) to prey upon freshwater snails that serve
as intermediate hosts for the liver fluke. Biological Control 62(3).127-134.(SCI)
Fu, X.H , Ballantyne L., Lambkin C.L. 2012. The external larval morphology of aquatic and terrestrial
Luciolinae fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Zootaxa 3405: 1–34.(SCI)
Fu, X.H,Ballantyne L., Lambkin C.L. 2012.Emeia gen. nov., a new genus of Luciolinae fireflies from China
(Coleoptera: Lampyridae) with an unusual trilobite-like larva, and a redescription of the genus Curtos
Motschulsky. Zootaxa. 3403: 1- 53.(SCI)
Fu, X.H., South, A., Lewis, S.M. 2012. Sexual dimorphism, mating systems, and nuptial gifts in two Asian
fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Journal of Insect Physiology. 58:1485-1492.
Fu, X.H., and V. B. Meyer-Rochow. 2013.Larvae of the firefly Pyrocoelia pectoralis (Coleoptera:
Lampyridae) as possible biological agents to control the land snail Bradybaena ravida.Biological Control
65(3).176-183.(SCI)
19. Ballantyne, L., Fu, X.H.* et al. (2013). Studies on South-east Asian fireflies: Abscondita, a new genus
with details of life history, flashing patterns and behaviour of Abs. chinensis (L.) and Abs. terminalis
(Olivier) (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae)." Zootaxa 3721(1): 1-48. *Corresponding author
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